{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-277.310","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 277.310","heading":"Liability of railroads for injury or death of employees.","body":"Every common carrier by railroad, while engaged in commerce in this state, shall be\nliable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by the carrier in\nsuch commerce, and in case of the death of such person shall be liable to his person al\nrepresentative, for such injury or death as resulted in whole or in part from the negligence\nof any of the officers, agents or employees of the carrier, or by reason of any defect or\ninsufficiency, due to its negligence, in its track, roadbed, rolling s tock, machinery, docks,\nboats, wharves or other equipment.","path":["KRS Chapter 277"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=14022","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:29Z","sha256":"38944cdb2ff9acb8c47c9333531b85cca3ca208608e7240eb20dd74d78b38881","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-277.300","next":"us-ky/krs-277.315"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}